How my skin looks has a really big impact on my self esteem, so having skin that looks good helps me to feel good. After a summer of swimming in the lake, lazing about at the beach, going out walking when it was windy and all of the intense humidity that we get in Auckland, my skin was ready for some serious TLC. View Post
You all know how much of a Lush fan I am, right? Well if you didn’t already, you’re about to. I did a spot of shopping (just a little bit, honest!) at their Boxing Day Sale plus I got some Lush goodies for Christmas, so I thought I’d show you my Lush haul with my first video for 2016 – a good way to start the year, don’t you think? View Post
My skin is far from smooth, so I like to use a primer underneath my foundation to give me that flawless finish. I have a few Dermalogica primers in my makeup kit, but my favourite at the moment is the new Dermalogica Hydrablur Primer. View Post
I love a good face mask, especially the fresh masks from Lush because they always make my skin feel so lovely! When I was in store and Abby told me that they now have a self preserving version of Mask of Magnaminty, I knew I had to give it a go because I’m always terrible at using my fresh ones up in time. View Post
December 1999: Blonde hair, bare midriff and bad brows
I was a teenager in the 90’s when thin eyebrows were in. I’ve been looking through my photo albums and the thinner the better, it seems – a few of my friends shaved theirs off and drew them back on with liquid eyeliner (something I was never game to try) but mostly we all had our brows plucked super thin. Fast forward some 15-odd years and I’ve realised that I shouldn’t have ever tried to jump on the brow trend wagon. Thin eyebrows look fine on some people but a thicker natural brow looks much nicer on me.
I’ve spent the last five years or so in brow rehab, trying to grow them back into a normal shape and restore them to their former glory, before I got all heavy-handed with the tweezers.
I’m trying to undo years of bad brow shaping and overplucking that have left my brows too short and quite sparse. I fill them in with pencil or powder in an attempt to hide my brow sins, but there’s a point where a gal needs a bit more help.
Welcome to brow rehab. View Post